Cripple Creek & Victor 2 preps for another trip to Victor as no. 3 in the background takes the day off.

Cripple Creek's elegant brick depot was built in 1895 and is now home to the Cripple Creek District Museum. The trains of the Cripple Creek & Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad occupy the former Midlan... (more)

No. 2 works hard upgrade out of Cripple Creek on a 45-minute run to Anaconda. The CC&V started in 1968; No. 2 has been running on the line since the early 1970s. What's the charm for me? No. 2 ... (more)

Cripple Creek & Victor 0-4-0 No. 2 trundles along the old Midland Terminal (standard gauge) grade between Cripple Creek and Anaconda, Colorado. No. 2 was built in Germany in 1936 and was formerly... (more)

Cripple Creek & Victor 0-4-0 No. 2 passes the former Midland Terminal depot at Cripple Creek, Colorado, as it heads out of town towards Anaconda.

Cripple Creek & Victor 0-4-0 No. 2, built in Germany in 1930, appears to resemble a more famous tank engine, although it has worn this blue/red scheme since 1972.

Cripple Creek & Victor 0-4-0 No. 2 is crossing a bridge fabricated from a retired turntable on its way from Cripple Creek to Anaconda.

Midland Terminal coach 21, originally Colorado Midland 252, now serves as a visitors center in Cripple Creek, Colorado. In the background is engine No. 2 of the 2-foot-gauge Cripple Creek & Victo... (more)

The Cripple Creek & Victor occupies a rail yard formerly used by the Midland Terminal. In this photo you can see the original 1895 MT depot (bottom center) which is now the Cripple Creek District... (more)

Cripple Creek & Victor Porter No. 2 whistle for a crossing on the outskirts of Cripple Creek, taking tourists for a ride through the "World's Greatest Gold Camp."

Cripple Creek & Victor Porter No. 3 whistles for a crossing on the outskirts of Cripple Creek, taking tourists for a ride through the "World's Greatest Gold Camp."

Cripple Creek & Victor locomotives 2 and 3 are being fired up on Sunday morning in preparation for tourist trips.

CCV No. 2 started life in 1948 as a 0-4-0T built by Henschel & Sohn for Hanseatische Kieswerke, a German quarry company. It arrived in Cripple Creek in 1970, and has been modified - "Americanized... (more)

In the late afternoon, CC&V engineer bank the fires of their locomotives by filling the fireboxes full of coal, which will fester and simmer overnight. The next morning, there will be enough pres... (more)

Coal smoke rolls skyward as CC&V retraces the old Midland Terminal grade on its way out of Cripple Creek.